The Center for Rural Sustainable Development (CRSD) at the University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK) is accepting entries for a logo design contest, a photo contest, and an essay competition, all based on the theme “Sustaining the Valley.” Contestants must be current UMFK students, faculty or staff; UMFK graduates; or a current resident of the St. John Valley in Aroostook County or adjacent areas of New Brunswick and Quebec. Contest eligibility and rules and entry forms are available here: http://www.sustainingplaces.org/
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Foundation will present a performance by the Maine-based acoustical style band, Boréal Tordu, on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the University’s Fox Auditorium.
Admission to the performance is $10 per person. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Shop N’ Save, Chasse Chiropractic, the UMFK Development office, or they may be purchased at the door.
The band features Acadian fiddler/accordionist extraordinaire, Steve Muise, named Maine Music Educator of the Year 2007, and Acadian singer-songwriter and dobro player, Rob Sylvain, known for his work in the band Douce featuring Matthew Doucet of Lafayette, Louisiana.
Rounding out the band’s rhythm section is Pip Walter on guitar and backing vocals and Andy Buckland on upright bass.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host a ten-week long session entitled “Learn to RAP en français,” which will be held on campus at the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes from Thursday, October 8 through Thursday, December10.
The conversational sessions are specially designed for children in grades two through eight, and will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The cost of the ten-week session is $10 per child. Registration day is scheduled for Thursday, October 8 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Acadian Archives.
For more information, please contact Lise Pelletier at (207) 834-7536 or by e-mail at lise.m.pelletier@maine.edu
The University of Maine at Fort Kent's Blake Library Gallery will feature artwork by Jay LaBrie throughout the month of October. An opening reception will be held at the UMFK Blake Library Gallery on Sunday, October 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. Labrie will be present. For more information on the exhibit or library hours, contact Sofia Birden, gallery curator at 834-7527.
Dr. Rachel E. Albert, vice president for academic affairs at University of Maine at Fort Kent has announced that 221 students were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2009 semester.